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ECONOMIC GROWTH
Government must back up claim that UKSPF provides real terms match
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 04 May 2022
If the Government is sure the UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides a real terms match for every LEP...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
How 'levelling up' got left out of the Spring Statement
By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 29 March 2022
The chancellor mentioned the ‘levelling up’ agenda just once in his Spring Statement. Without ser...
FINANCE
White Paper has welcome ambition but fails to mention role of austerity
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 February 2022
Even if the Government streamlines funding arrangements it will not be able to achieve any of the...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Inflation's a concern for councils and residents
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 February 2022
Councils and residents are facing severe price rises that will hit the more deprived hardest, say...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Social care needs more cash whether tax hike happens or not, says SIGOMA
By Ann McGauran | 25 January 2022
Adult social care will need extra funding whether the Government’s planned tax hike goes ahead or...
SOCIAL CARE
This settlement is very much a stop gap
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 20 December 2021
Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton of SIGOMA says a ‘stopgap’ settlement with a welcome funding boost need...
FINANCE
Welcome words on business rates should be backed up in settlement
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 14 December 2021
The secretary of state now has a real opportunity to improve matters by introducing a business ra...
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Spending Review is another missed chance on 'levelling up'
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 09 November 2021
While we still await detail behind the Spending Review headlines, what we do know raises serious ...
FINANCE
Spending Review fails to deliver for local government or levelling up
By Sir Stephen Houghton | 01 November 2021
Despite heralding the largest increase in core funding for councils in a decade, the chancellor h...
FINANCE
SIGOMA moots 'three-block' funding for councils
21 October 2021
A new ‘three block’ system of funding local government has been mooted by a group of urban author...
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